Cutting tool



Feb. 14, 1950 L.. ELLER 2,497,400

CUTTING Toor.

Feb. 14, 1950 L.; ELLER 2,497,400

CUTTING TOOL Filed July 3l, 1946 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 IN V EN TOR.

BY L55 ELLE@ My,

3 Sheets-Sheet 5 L. ELLER CUTTING TOOL Feb. 14, 1950 Filed Julysl, 1946 i l l INVENTOR. i L55 ELL/5E Patented Feb. 14, 1950 UNITED STATES @mee 2,497,4206 cUrTINGi'rooL Lee Eller; Spokanel` .assigner to A, E. Rains, Spokane, Wash.

Appiiclatio'n Jiuyafi, 194i; serai No. 687,395

This invention relates to cuttingftools and more particularly to a'cutting tool that 'is adapted to -cut relatively soit'gmetals and metal alloys into small particles having a. plurality of faces 4which 'are angularly disposed with respectto each other.

It is Well known toform a packing mass for `various types of bearingsby utilizing metallic particles in combination with particles of other materials such as Wood, rubber, synthetic rubber, asphalt composition and thelike; These particles are made up'in a varietyof'sizes and are mingled together in certain proportions to form afpacking `mass which may or ymay not be enclosed `in a suitable fabric .container for convenience in handling. Thecharacteristics of such a packing 'mass are that'itlends itself to oil impregnation vand it hasA a capacity of yielding or rearranging the particles therein to provide a packing mass for stuffing boxes and the like rwherein vthe shaft is engaged by `rela-tively'srn-ootlri` surfacesv and the mass itself is yielding as Well as capable of retaining a substantial quantity of lubricant for` a long period of time. As an `example of sucha packing Irefer t the-'Pollard Patent.2,363,688.

It has long been a problem in the manufacture of such a packing. asthat described above `to pro vide means forv forming the. metallic particlesinto the desired shape in,l a -Way that is sufficiently cheapjto `keep thecostoi a packing atan economical level. Themetallicparticles utilized .are relatively soft when. comparedwith theshaftabout which the `stating boxv or packing. gland .is formed. Suitable materialsfor the. metallic particles are lead alloys, pure lead.c0pper, andcopperalloys. Itis necessary; t0 cut a variety of sizes of particles ,and theshapes ciy .the particles mustbezsuchthat vthere are` several faces; on` each particlewhich vfaces preferably are not parallel to each other. Pyramidal. particles. have. the... proper. charac.-

teristics since `theyniay be made .with a `baseiand .several faces none of whichwill' be .parallel to the others. A triangular pyramid orzaquadrangular pyramid will have lthe proper y.characteristics for the packing. It (is. not necessary that .the

flattened surfaces be.true'planeszsoethat variai A'tions which will ,naturally4 occur .in the :forming .of the s .oit metalsandcuttingthereof:arexnot par- .ticularly objectionable.. v.Small .burrsf ileft A.by cutting are inot objectionable since they hatten readily when the packing is putin place.

It is the principalpurpose 4of vrnyirn'fention to provide av cutting device ywherein ia billet .of :the metal may be cut upnto vparticles vby supporting the billet in contact with a pluralityV ofycutting and forming tools and ef'ected-movement'between 4 .Claims (ci: esi-ros i.

. 2 the tools and billet to first shape`thesurfaeeof the billet into a series of pyramids andvthen shave the pyramidsl from, the billet to produce the particles rapidly..

'. I 1t is -alsoa purpose of myl invention to provide affrcutting device ofthe Vcharacter above described vwhich is readily'applcable to a lathe in which the billet mayjbe'rotated, l j

The novell featuresA that l2 consider charac- 10 'lteristic of my invention are set forth with particularity in the claims. The inventionitselffhoweter,r both as to its organizationv and its'v-method of operation, together Withadditional objects `and advantages thereof Will be understood `from the descriptionvof a specific lembodimenty when `read conneetionwith ythe accompanying drawings, in

vFigure lis a plz'mfviewy ofthe-cutting device showing-it as appliedto the cutting lofv a billet fthat` is being rotated by alathe;y

Figure 2 isa view-in side elevation of the cutting Figure 3 is a viewinsideelevation of a cutting device,` this view being tak-enzat rig-ht angles to Figuren; i

Figures 4 and Stare. fragmentary side and edge views of one formv of rotary cutting tooll used in the -cuttingdevice;v A

yFigures 6Y and 7 rare Views like .4 and'5 ofa V diierent .form of rotary cutting tool used in the cutting device; Y

Figure 8 is a plan View of a metallic .particle such as is cut from the billet, this gure being a triangular pyramid;

' .5 .'Figure. 9 4is Ya View like FigurefS but showing a rfour sided pyramid which is produced by using :adii'lferent form of rotary .cutting tool than Ythat used for producing the particles shown in .Figure 8;

'0 v :Figure 10 is a4 View in side elevation of the partingtool; Y v

Figure .11.is a planview ofthe parting tool; Figure 12 is a View in side elevation of the Figure. 13. is a plan view `of 'the groovingtocl;

A.Figures 14 `.and 15 .are fragiter-itam` sectional views oiza portion of; thebillet showingzhow the cutting tools ldeformthesurface of thetbillet .to `produce .a .triangular pyramid particle; and` -Figures 16. and 17 are views likeFigures 14 and 15; andmshotvV the Abillet 4deformation for a quandrangular pyramidparticle. .Referringznow to the draw-ings, the cuttingde y'vice comprises a block HJ:l which is adaptedtobe 455v "mounted upon thefeed carriage Il of a lathe 3 and clamped by a post I2. Side bars Illa and Illb rest in the carriage and a bar lc set in grooves in the block I extends through the slotted post I2 and is engaged by a screw I2a to lock the block I0 to the carriage. The details of the lathe construction form no part of my invention and are only shown to illustrate the position of the cutting device with respect to the work on which it operates. The block serves as a mounting for a rotating cutting wheel I3, a grooving tool I4 and a parting tool I5. The billet IB of the material to be cut is mounted to rotate in the lathe as. indicated by the support I1 in Figure l of the;`

drawing.

The block Ill has a channel I8 formed therein and is bored as indicated at I9 to receive two.` 1"

roller bearing units 2I and 22 for mounting a shaft` 20 to support the cutting wheel I3. The block of a plurality of cutting edges 4D which extend axially of the wheel and a circumferential cutting edge 4I. The surface of the wheel at the side of the cutting edge 4I opposite the cutting edges 4U is curved as indicated at 42 so as to spread the material. The axial extent of the surface 42 is approximately 52 of an inch when the cutting edges 4l! are approximately fs inch long.

Figures 14 and 15 illustrate the manner in which the stock of the billet is deformed by the tools when a triangular pyramid is being made.

It will be noted that the center line of the cutting tool I3 shown in Figures 4 and 5 is midway between the grooves formed by the grooving tool I4. In Figures 15 and 16 the manner in which the cutting tools shown in Figures 6 and 7 deforms I lthe material of the billet is illustrated. It will IIJ is also slotted at 23 to receive the shank 24 of the grooving tool I4 and is likewise slotted to receive the shank 25 of the cutting tool I5. Set

.Screws 26 secure the tool I4 in place and set screws 21 secure the tool I5 in place in the block.

Tool I4, as shown by Figures 12 and 13, has a ,-V-shaped cutting edge 28 which is tapered downwardly as indicated in Figure 12. The function .of this tool is to form a spiral groove in the billet, the space between successive convolutions .of the groove being established by the rate of .feed of the block I0 in response to rotation of .the lathe mechanism.

The rotary cutter I3 may take different forms :depending upon the type of particle there is to 4be produced. For example, the cutter wheel :shown in Figures 4 and 5 is designed to cut tri- ,j

yangular pyramids while the tool shown in Figures 6 and '1 is designed to cut rectangular pyrafmids. inasmuch as the tool I3 must withstand considerable pressure in order to force it into the material of the billet I6, `the bearings for this tool are of the roller type consisting of a series of needle roller bearings 2Ia and 22a. In the :cutting tool illustrated in Figures 4 and 5 the j,peripheral edges of the tool indicated by the numerals 29 and 30 are set at 30 degrees with rey .spect to each other and the tool is cut out to pro- :vide converging faces 3| that meet on a curved line 33. The faces 3l alternate from side to side of :the tool. The faces 32 opposite the line 33 are :tapered to enter the groove formed by the tool I4. In operation the grooving tool forms the A:groove in the billet at intervals equal to the Width,

`axially of the tool I3, of the edges 29 and 30. This distance is, as shown in the drawings, approximately 13s of an inch. The depth to which the :cutter wheel cuts into the billet is approximately '1A of an inch. The effect is to form the surface .of the billet between the grooves formed by the grooving tool into a series of pyramids 34 such as -that illustrated in Figure 8 of the drawings. These pyramids have three triangular faces angularly disposed with respect to each other and facing outward from the billet. The next step in the cutting operation is to shave the formed pyramids from the billet and .this is accomplished by the parting tool I which fisshown in elevation in Figure and in plan in Figure 11. The parting tool I5 is set to cut into the billet I6 a depth substantially equal to that at (which the faces 29 and 30 of the tool I3 extend.

The cuttings wheel shown in Figures 6 and'l functions in the same manner as that shown in .Figures 4 and 5 but in this form the cutting tool has three faces, 36, 31 and 38 all of which meet at a point 39. The periphery of the Wheel is composed be noted that in this case the center line of the cutting edges 40 is on the center line between adjacent grooves formed by the grooving tool and that the edge 4I rides in the groove formed by the tool I4. While the particles formed by this cutting device are not plane faced they do have smooth faces which are very close to a plane and these faces are all directed at acute angles to each other. This type of particle is found to be particularly effective in the packing because of the number of faces and the lack of any parallel faces on the particle. Because of the nature Yof the cutting tool, billets of the material from which the particles are made can be cut down with very little waste and the particles are formed at an extremely rapid rate. The dimensions which have been given herein are of course only by way of examples and are correct for particles which are approximately 3/8 inch Wide and inch high. For particles of smaller sizes the cutting wheel I3 will of course be made smaller in width and in the length of the faces such as 29, and 40.

It is believed that the nature and advantages of my invention will be apparent from the foregoing description. Itis also believed to be evident that various minor modifications may be made in Vthe cutting device without departing from the scope of the invention as defined in the claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. Cutting means for cutting multi-faced particles from a billet of relatively soft metal and the like, said cutting means comprising a supporting head having means whereby it may be mounted on the traveling tool support of a lathe in which the billet is mounted for rotation, a rotary cutter having a peripheral portion formed with a multiplicity of outwardly facing cutting edges angularly disposed with respect to each other and tapered faces receding inwardly from said cutting edges and meeting along lines angularly directed with respect to a plane perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the cutter, bearing means in said head rotatably mounting the cutter.

2. A method of cutting a billet of soft metal and the like into similar roughly pyramid-shaped particles which comprises spirally grooving the periphery of the billet to a depth approximately equal to the height of the particles desired with the axial distance between grooves approximately `billet material between grooves, and shaving the grooved and channelled portion from the billet.

3. A method of cutting a billet of soft metal and the like into similar roughly pyramid-shaped particles which comprises spirally groovingv the periphery' of the billet to a depth approximately equal to the height of the particles desired with the axial distance between grooves approximately equal to the base width of a particle, pressing transversely' extending tapered channels in the billt material between grooves, and thereby form`- ing the surface of the billet into a multiplicity of pointed projections with angularly disposed side faces, and shaving the grooved and channelled portion from the billet.

4. A device for forming a body of soft metal and the like into small multi-faced particles comprising a rotary cutter having a peripheral portion formed with a multiplicity of outwardly facing wedge shaped cutting portions angularly disposed with respect to each other, certain of said portions extending peripherally of the cutter as an unbroken rib, and the other portions e`x` tending at right angles to said rib, and a supporting head having bearings mounting the cutter for rotation.

LEE ELLER.-

REFERENCES CITED The following' references are of rcord in the le of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name bate y 112,668 Acheson .v. Mar. 14, 1,8"11 1,112,020 Merrick V Sp'b. 29, 1914:' 2,362,779 vStevens Nov. 14, 1944 

